38743 solving cake Recipes

roughly a century ago , the founder of wellesley college held that, pies, lies, and doughnuts should never have a place in wellesley college. students honed their fudge-making skills in secret. we wanted to see what all the fuss was about. here s what we discovered, test kitchen discoveries, it seems decades of chocolate overload have desensitized the modern palate , and far more chocolate flavor was required of our cake. we substituted some of the bar chocolate for cocoa powder bloomed in hot water to deepen its flavor., our thick , fudgy frosting required an extra-sturdy cake to support it. all-purpose flour in place of pastry flour gave the cake more stability., traditional recipes called for thick sour milk, an ingredient we weren tsp quite prepared to call for. instead, we used buttermilk to give our cake a hint of tang., our filling recipe needed to be simple, so we immediately scrapped anything that required a candy thermometer. we found an unexpected solution that called for evaporated milk., our frosting kept falling apart when we added chocolate to the warm sugar mixture. the heat was causing the fat in the chocolate to separate, a problem easily solved by adding butter and evaporated milk first to cool it down a bit.

cake mix (any flavor ), eggs (or as called for by your cake mix), oil (or as called for by your cake mix), water (or as called for by your cake mix), cream cheese frosting, chocolate bark, wax paper, candy sprinkles, to decorate (optional), chocolate chips, melted, to decorate (optional)

cake mix(any flavor , i used funfetti this time), ingredients to make cake, frosting (i used cream cheese this time), chocolate almond bark, sprinkles or other decorations if desired

cake mix (chocolate, cherry, spice, banana, lemon of your choice), eggs, shortening, water, chopped nuts or 1/2 cup coconut or 1/2 cup dried cranberries or 1/2 cup raisins

cake mix, flavor of your choice, instant pudding mix, flavor of your choice (not sugar free), sugar, lemonade mix or 1 1/2 tsp orange breakfast drink mix or 1 1/2 tsp cocoa powder or 1 1/2 tsp vanilla powder or 1 1/2 tsp instant coffee or 1 1/2 tsp instant cappuccino mix

cake mix, flavor of your choice, eggs, shortening, vanilla (or your choice of flavor)

cake mix, desired flavor , prepared according to package, eggs (or whatever your package calls for), oil (or whatever your package calls for), white chocolate candy melts (or any flavor you like ), candy sprinkles (optional)

cake mix, instant pudding mix, powdered sugar, divided, flavored powdered coffee creamer or 4 1/2 tbsp powdered cocoa mix, divided

cake mix, all-purpose flour, butter, melted, eggs, almond extract, chopped almonds

cake mix (any flavor ), eggs, oil (can use 1 stick butter melted)

problem : batter curdles and separates., solution : eggs were not added 1 at a time and beaten thoroughly after each addition; an electric mixer was set at too high a speed; and/or the eggs were too cold. try adding 1 tbsp. flour per egg and reducing the speed of the electric mixer., problem : cake didn tsp rise., solution : too much or not enough fat or liquid in the batter; batter was overbeaten; and/or oven temperature was too high., problem : cake is tough., solution : butter and sugar were underbeaten in the early stages of mixing; batter was overbeaten after the flour was added; not enough sugar; not enough baking powder; and/or not enough fat. try brushing cake layers with sugar syrup, or filling and frosting the layers with a generous layer of moist frosting., problem : cake crumb is sticky., solution : too much sugar in the batter or sugar was too coarse., problem: top crust is hard ., solution : oven temperature was too high; cake was overbaked; and/or cake was baked too close to the top of the oven. try slicing off the top of the cake layer before frosting.

cake mix any flavor, instant pudding mix ( not sugar free), any flavor, lemon cake mix- lemon pudding, yellow cake mix- chocolate pudding, devils food cake mix- chocolate pudding, pineapple cake mix- coconut pudding, butterscotch cake mix- butterscotch pudding, glaze mix, powdered sugar, dry flavoring (such as powdered lemonade mix, powdered orange breakfast drink mix, cocoa powder), vanilla powder sold by coffee flavorings, select the flavoring appropriate to the cake you are making.

cake crumbs, eggs, slightly beaten, hot milk, sugar, salt, vanilla, raisins or 1/2 cup walnuts